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By Luke Johnson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
The Cincinnati Bengals did what a lot of teams have done against the New Orleans Saints this year: They won the coin toss.
And, like everybody else, they elected to give the Saints the ball to start the game. That decision has not played out so well for New Orleans’ opponents.
The Saints have lost the coin toss in seven of their nine games this season, and each time their opponent decided to defer possession until the start of the second half. Five of those seven coin-toss losses were followed by the Saints firing an opening salvo for a touchdown (another resulted in the Saints fumbling the ball away inside the Ravens’ five-yard line).
Why give the NFL’s best quick-strike offense a chance to put you behind right away? The only thing that has stopped the Saints from scoring on their first possession this season is literally themselves. ...
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